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To clear out the dangerous enemy tunnels, brave infantrymen from Australia, New Zealand, South Vietnam and the United States volunteered for this unenviable job. They would gain the nickname ‘tunnel rats’
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Narrator:
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Animation:
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Music Credit
Sao Meo by Doug Maxwell/ Zac Zinger
Further reading:
The Colt 1911 Pistol
By Leroy Thompson
Tunnel Rat in Vietnam
By Gordon L. Rottman
The suppressed revolver is a modified S & W .38 cal provided in 'tunnel rat kits', it was experimental and didn't work well, barely used in this setup. But it helps to show the use of revolvers and suppressors in one scene/ shot
Heard one story of an American that bumped into a Vietcong soldier in the pitch dark in a tunnel and a wrestling match to the death began.
Oh damn, why do I have the feeling of being forced to become a tunnel rat if I was in the Vietnam war due to my small height and somewhat small body build.
Coochie tunnels
My friend, Galand Richardson, was a tunnel rat in the Korean war. He was a small, short guy, but he had HUMUNGOUS BALLS AND HEART. I had the honor of meeting him when I was a young Correctional Officer. I had Military Police experience…GALAND AND I BECAME FAST FRIENDS. HE TOOK ME UNDER HIS WING AND FED ME, SHOWING GENEROSITY. ONLY LATER DID I COME TO UNDERSTAND HIS FAITH IN GOD. HE TOLD ME OF HIS TIME IN THE TUNNELS. HE SAID ONE TIME HE HAD TO BLOW UP A TUNNEL TO KEEP THE ENEMY FROM CARCHING HIM DOWN THERE. HE HAD A ROPE TIED TO HIS LEG. HIS BUDDIES HAD TO PULL HIM OUT…HE BARELY MADE IT…ALMOST SUFFOCATING, DUG HIMSELF OUT Backwards, he said it was the last time he went into a tunnel. Well…he was the kindest, most generous man. He taught me how to be a good Correctional Officer. He is in heaven now. He worked at Mcneal Island, and the Monroe Correctional Complex…God bless him and his loved ones. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT A TUNNEL RAT WHO WAS A PATRIOT, A SOLDIER, AN OFFICER, AND
..A GODLY MAN. GALAND…REST IN PEACE. YOU ARE MY HERO.
My uncle did this. Very proud of him
Tunnel rats?
Missed opportunity to call them Hobbits
0:02 I hate to double comment, just pointing out that silencers don't work on revolvers (except the Nagant) because gasses escaping at the cylinder gap will still make a loud gunshot sound. On the Nagant revolver, the cylinder slides forward and seals the gap. Silencers were made for the Nagant, and used in WW2 by the Red Army on very few occasions. Those aren't Nagants lol
Alex Mason went through these with the legend Reznov
xin chào
Việt nam số 111111111111111111111111111111111
I wonder if these scenarios for tunnel rats to sneak in small tunnels lightly armed made the idea for the game metal gear.
> when you're 6'1''
Im from Viet Nam
R.I.P. Swift.
The Vietnamese knew how to deal with the whites
Hotel Six, this is Shrew One. Do you copy? Over
If you want to see a movie about this, not a documentary, search "Tunnel Rats" on YouTube. It came out in 2019, it's very grim and brutal. It will give you an idea of what it was like though!
the coochie tunnel
The call of duty blak op 1 2:28
Those guys had BALLZ OF STEEL!!!!!!!
Poison gas was also found in these tunnels.
Me an intellectual: Nova 6
I am from Vietnamese, this is my country. my national solder maybe not best in the world like the US, but never the best solder in the world can win VietNam solder. in the past, my country can win china feudatory next to the Mongolia empire, France, Japan, Korea, China, American, Canada, Australia, American allies. I hate war, I hate people made the US-Vietnam war.
Couldn't them use shields? Maybe what i'm saying is stupid, but i just though about that…